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This section requires communication providers who receive a distribution pursuant to RCW 80.36.650 to provide detailed compensation information for their officers, directors and the five highest paid employees to the commission. This adds requirements to the underlying statute, and therefore, it should have been amended. This work is also unfunded. For these reasons, I have vetoed Section 147(7). Section 153(8), page 139, Department of Enterprise Services, Building Code Council Technical Advisory Group This section directs the State Building Code Council to convene a technical advisory group to evaluate the implementation and enforcement of laws, codes and rules related to smoke control and fire/smoke dampers and make recommendations for changes. The funding provided for this work is inadequate. For this reason, I have vetoed Section 153(8). Section 202(26), page 163, Department of Social & Health Services, Feasibility Study This section requires the agency to report on the feasibility of using the former Naselle Youth Camp facility to create additional forensic bed capacity for individuals in jails awaiting admission to the state hospitals who are class members of Trueblood, et al. v. Department of Social and Health Services, et al. This feasibility study is unfunded and duplicative of the Office of Financial Management task force that is created in Section 913 of this budget bill. For these reasons, I have vetoed Section 202(26). However, I am directing the OFM task force to consider the use of the Naselle Youth Camp for forensic bed capacity in its work. Sections 207(2) and 207(3), pages 206-207, Department of Social & Health Services, Community Notice and Consultation on Placement of Sexually Violent Predators These provisos are administratively burdensome for the Department of Social and Health Services Special Commitment Center program when siting Less Restrictive Alternatives in communities throughout the state. These additional administrative tasks will likely result in the delay and availability of placement options for individuals ordered by a court to be moved out of the McNeil Island facility. For this reason, I have vetoed Sections 207(2) and 207(3). Section 211(31), pages 222-224, Health Care Authority, Performance Measures and Per Capita Forecast Work Group This section requires the Health Care Authority to develop new managed care performance measures for calendar year 2025 in collaboration with the Medical Assistance Expenditure Forecast Work Group. Quality measure determination is not within the scope or expertise of this work group and would be better addressed by health care clinical and policy subject matter experts. For this reason, I have vetoed Section 221(31). Section 223(5)(a), page 352, and Section 223(6)(e), page 353, Department of Corrections, Discharge Planning Requirements These sections fund the expanded discharge planning requirements for the Department of Corrections in Second Substitute Senate Bill 5134. Sufficient funding was not provided for this purpose. Therefore, I have vetoed Sections 223(5)(a) and 223(6)(e). Section 223(7)(b), page 354, Department of Corrections, Restrictive Housing Health Evaluations p. 1399 ESSB 5187.SL